Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-10-01
Press Comments.

San Pedro refused to give up several cat tie thives among their number to the Sheriff of Pinal county and are very threatening and defiant. There is chance for trou ble with these fellows and the sooner it comes the better of the country will be, as.theY have undoubtedly long been a source of supply to actually hostile Indians who were ill the field, and they themselves live upon the stock of the white settlers. Onoe the ball is rol- ling there will be few hides or hairs of these fellows left to tell of their existence -Phenix Herald.
 It seems that the Els kim in zin Indians on the San Pedro are assuming hostile attitude. Some of them resisted arrest last week and got away with the bluff 30 successfully that they will no doubt try the game again, when occasion requires. Some of the band are accused with steal ing stock and 8 warrant of arrest was Issued for them, but they were not taken. They threatened fight, and now they ought to get show to carry their threats into execution. Some eighteen years ago Chief Es-kim-in-zin killed an American in cold blood; he has never been tried | for the murder. The law of limitation | does not run against the crime of mur- der and 1t might be we'll to try the old villain now. He has shown determina- ton to stand in with the thieving mem bers of his band, let the authorities put the cinch to him. That band of Indians have taken up land in severalty or at least a number of them have done so; | they are amena ble to the law of the Ter ritory as other citizens, and the sooner they are made to understand this fact, the better for themselves and this section of Arizona. Daily Star.
 Sheriff Jerry Fryer of Pinal county, who left on Monday last with an armed and resolute posse of deputies, to arrest Els -kim-inTzin and his thieSing band, is 8 man well known for his nerve and de- termination. Unquestionably if the In. dians are there he will surely get some of them. It is feared, however, that | they will be apprised of his coming and will retreat back towards the San Carlos reservation, which is but ten miles dis. tant. Flyers posse of deputies are good men and mean business if any oppor. tunity offers for calling it out. Thi, trouble has been brewing for years, and might as well be settled now as later on.-Daily Citizen.
 The sheriff of Final county, accompa. nied by strong posse, has gone to arrest the Indian cattle thieves that are sup posed to belong to Es-kim-in-zin's band on the San Pedro. If it be true that these Indians resisted arrest last week, they are liable to make the same or even greater resistance this week.
 There is liable to be a fight, and il there is the outcome will be difficult tC determine. Es-kim-in-zin is a bad In. dian and he has lot of bad warriors under him. If they should make breal for the mountains it would prove muct more disastrous war than was Geroni mos, for Es-kim-in-zin has the advantage of being well up in the arts of civilization and the habits of his paleface neighbors
 The Indian cattle thieves should b, punished, but the greatest discretion should be used in attempting their ar
 rest.-Deily Star.
 In referring to the clipping from thu
 Florence ENTERPRISE, which is reprodueet
 on the first page of this issue, in refer
 ence to citizen Es-kim- -zin and hi bands resistance to the execution of
 warrant of arrest of twelve Indians upol
 charge of grand larceny, we have thi
 to say, that the power of the Territor.
 should be maintained without regard t
 cost or consequences.
 In case of successful armed resistane } the cost and hazard of the undertaking not necessarily chargeable to one count
 alone The offense is Territorial one and when the Governor is informed b the officer holding the warrant of arrest s or by the District Attorney. Distric a Judge or the Judge of Probate, that tn execution of process has been resisted
 and that the power of the county hs F been exerted and has not been sufficiel ;- to enable the officer having the proce,
 to execute it, the Governor is require
 to proclaim in such newspaper as he sha X direct, that the country is in a state e insurrection, and may order into the se vice of the Territory such voluntee
 uniformed or other militia of the Tsrr o tory as he shall deem necessary to sery l. for such a term and under such officer e officers as he may direct.
 , That these citizen Indians have r ; sisted, delayed and obstructed publ 'r officer in the discha1 ge of public du ss there is not doubt, and, therefor to they are amenable to fine not exceedir
 $5, 900 and imprisonment in the Ter
 torial prison not exceeding five year and that being the case, whether appr - hended or not, the grand jury of Pin In county (the subdivision of the Territo l. where the crime was committed) shou in indict the offenders, and place them 10 outlaws until their crimes are condont
 by action of law; and in addition, tho K charged with killing W. D. Harrington s. stock and stealing Frank Shields hors G. and cattle should also be given the b
 end of the law, and upon failure to a
 rest the malefactors they should be pal 70 fully reminded of the treatment of u ,n tribe, by outraged citizens, at old Can 10 Grant, in 1870, (at which time Es-kim-i " gin was war chief), were GA of their nur Der were made ''good" Indians. -Glol